Will the Real Miss Tessmacher Please Stand Up?

For once the recaps were vaguely useful for me; I usually hate them, because they take up precious seconds tv show episodes can't seem to spare as it is to either regurgitate information we should probably either already be aware of or can easily infer when it's brought up again; and more often it just telegraphs key plot points for the episode you're about to watch.  But in this instance, I don't think I fully realized that the woman who attacked Ben's wife was the same woman Ben threatened, saying, "you're children already lost their father, you don't want them to lose their mother too," really putting a fine point on the parallel that this wasn't a broad retaliation against Lockwood, it was specifically personal from someone that Ben had threatened directly and not only threatened, but threatened their claim to their children as a parent; and their response was in-kind.  That of course isn't to say it's justified, but it has a deeper weight I didn't pick up on when I watched the last episode.

I almost contemplating typing the sentence, "I'd take Oliver and Felicity over Alex and Kelly (yes, I broke down and looked up her name. I got tired of calling her "James' sister)" - Yes, I almost made that comment, but when I actually considered whether or not it was true, I just couldn't say it sincerely.  It's just not true; Oliver and Felicity are the absolute worst couple in the Arrowverse, but Kelly and Alex are a close second for least chemistry/most forced pairing; followed just as closely by Ava and Sara. And that really has to say something if these shows can make me be not in favor of two lesbian relationships.
Conversely, and at the risk of spreading unfounded gossip, I really hope the rumors that Emily Bett Rickards being involved with Aisha Tyler are true, because I've seen the pictures of the two of them together online and they make an adorable couple. I probably shouldn't ship two people in real life who may or may not actually be more than just good friends, but I do.  I really do.











I'm sort of on the fence about the abruptness of Alex becoming a mom with adoption. A work friend has posted about her and her husband's experience with the process and you can kind of get a call like that out of the blue, but at the same time it's usually not that definitive, where you all of a sudden have a kid forever and ever and ever.  They might place a child in your home temporarily and if their parent is still in the picture, they may still have parental rights and could even be working towards getting their child back making the arrangement temporary; and if they're not, then it's a whole process for the parent(s) to give up their rights and for the adoption process to be finalized.

They're already giving Ben's wife her funeral?  They must have had the casket in the garage or something.
I mean, I get it; it's not like they're going to wait until the next episode to show the funeral, but you'd at least think we'd see some of the aftermath and the immediately impact had on Ben and his son to lose her.  Her body is probably still warm.  And it just seems odd too I guess, because while I haven't been to a lot of funerals, most of the ones I have been to are usually at least a few days removed from the person's passing; often a week or even sometimes more, depending on certain circumstances.  A couple of years ago we lost my cousin, who was only in his early 30s at the time, so it was very sudden; and then my grandmother passed, all over the course of less than a week; and in between that an uncle had heart surgery and it was all on the same side of the family, so it was all affecting the same people.  And I think it was a week and a half, maybe almost two weeks after my cousin passed that we had something for him, which ended up being the same day as my grandmother's funeral.  That was rough, especially since I was just starting to get over pneumonia.

I'm probably a horrible person for thinking so, but it is kind of hard to sympathize with the death of a character, when the last thing we heard them say was something super racist and close minded.  The least they could have done was shown a more nuanced side of her, to demonstrate to the audience that she wasn't all bad.  At least if they wanted us to feel bad she when she dies.

I get that they're making it very clear that Ben Lockwood is a profoundly stupid prick, but come on, not one person is going to point out the fact that Dreamer can't be an "illegal" alien if she was born on Earth and is the biological daughter of a born American citizen?
Are they never going to address the nature of the so-called "illegal broadcast" of the interview; much less Kara's role in it?  They're acting like Dream was the one to arrange the broadcast or did anything other than sit for the interview.  What made it illegal in the first place?  Was it that "hacking" bullshit or just because it was broadcast in a way that Lockwood and his lackeys couldn't shut down, which violated martial law?  Either one is pretty fucking stupid, but even if either were true, Kara, her camera person and CatCo Media were way more guilty of that than Dream was.  At best she was an accessory.

Lockwood is coming off more and more like a whiny bitch than threatening antagonist.  Instead of Agent Liberty, we should call him Snowlfake.   Or Pansy-man, because he's such a delicate flower.

I kind of feel like I know the answer to this already, but what sort of chicken shit outfit is the DEO, that if both the General - who isn't even supposed to be the top banana at the DEO - or Alex, who is supposed to be the person in charge, aren't present; the chain of command falls to Brainiac 5??? He's been there less than a year and basically filled Winn's post as tech support; and Winn wasn't even at the DEO all that long.  Are you telling me there's no one else there with any sort of seniority or rank above fucking Idiot Jed?

Wait, is Lena serious that there's no pilot?  I'm sure that's going to end well...
And the ship is already going down and requires a pilot.  Fuck you writers.
How did Kara get out of the plane without depressurizing it?  And it's not like the plane was completely out of control; Lena had at least some control over the plane.  Wouldn't Lena and Kara be working kind of against each other, each trying to make adjustments for the force and maneuvers the other is doing?  What is the point of this scene?

Is Lex trying to start his own amusement park to compete with Hayworld...
What would that be called, Luther Land?  Six Lex?

Kelly: "Relax and eat some chocolate"


This whole thing with Alex getting a baby is going to end with her being a parent to an alien, right?  That's what this is building up to; and why the mother doesn't want to meet her until after the baby's born, so there's a surprise reveal that this child isn't fully human.

Tess is a robot, right?

Alex: "Alright, give me the chocolate."


Of course the birth mother changed her mind, because why not waste an entire B-plot on a story that goes nowhere?

Seriously, why not blast the photos the first time you looked at the room, instead of concocting the dumbest excuse to go back under those circumstances?

Why would Nia's energy whip(?) go through Lockwood, just because he has powers?

Man, only a few days with powers and already the first thing James thinks to grab is a car to fling at someone.

Yeah, I forgot about J'Onn again.  Man, it took him a long time to get to Mars and back.  I mean, for us it'd take a long time, but for him I'd expect it to be like a day trip or something.

Why would throwing Lockwood into the tanker make it explode?  What sparked the ignition?


Oh, Jesus tap dancing Christ; how is it, without fail, any time a superhero is going to reveal their identity to someone they care about, the other person a)has their back to them at the most inopportune time, no matter how unconventional it would during a normal human conversation, and b) finds some way of talking about how much they'd hate being lied to about somebody's secret, sowing the seeds of doubt in the hero about letting them in on theirs?  Just fucking tell her already!

Lena, you forgot to say, "I'm glad you'd never keep secrets from me."

God dammit, who makes a beeline to the president of the fucking United States with something as vital as the evidence she has without telling or showing anyone else what she has?  For that matter, it's not even accurate that no one else knows, because Lena knows; and Kara didn't seem to be lying to protect Lena, because she clearly didn't know the president would double cross her.

And what kind of reporter is she that she goes to the president first instead of going to press with the information?  She knows the guy is a dick to begin with, but at the very least have it all set to be printed and give the guy a heads up; there's no reason to treat this shit with kid gloves and keep it on the down low.
Naturally he's got Kryptonite in the oval office; not so much to make Kara physically sick, but enough to negate her powers so she can be kidnapped.... and, what.... kept in the oval office near the Kryptonite?  Do they know she's Supergirl?  Did Lex tip them off or is it a convenient coincidence?  Because if it's a coincidence, they're not going to get very far before her powers come back and they're boned.